Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from September 2018. This report can also be found on our Resources & Links page under “Enrollment Statistics.” Prior Medicaid enrollment reports from CMS, are archived on our website. Read More »
Archives for November 2018
November 30, 2018
OPEN ENROLLMENT ENDS IN 2 WEEKS – BUT DOES PUBLIC KNOW? The latest tracking poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation asked people if they knew when the deadline was to enroll for health insurance on the ACA marketplace and more than 3 out of 4 people either said they didn’t know or gave the wrong […] Read More »
Public Doesn’t Know When Open Enrollment Ends
The latest tracking poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation asked people if they knew when the deadline was to enroll for health insurance on the ACA marketplace and more than 3 out of 4 people either said they didn’t know or gave the wrong answer which demonstrates the importance of doing outreach and educating the […] Read More »
November 23, 2018
DISABILITY WEEK OF ACTION CONCLUDES As we celebrate Thanksgiving this week, we just wanted to thank you for your involvement in our project and the Disability Week of Action. If you missed anything from this week of activities, here’s a recap: Monday – Blog post: Disability Week of Action Is Here Monday – Twitter chat: […] Read More »
Why We are Thankful for Medicaid
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and most Americans will be expressing what they are grateful for as they celebrate the holiday. We at the American Association on Health and Disability are taking this holiday to express why we are so thankful for the Medicaid program in this country and what it means for people with disabilities. So […] Read More »
ACA Open Enrollment & Disability Week of Action
Happy Thanksgiving week! As you know, this week is Disability Week of Action and we at the American Association on Health & Disability are focusing on why we are #Thankful4Coverage and #Thankful4Medicaid. We wanted to share some more materials and resources to use this week and thank you to Community Catalyst and Young Invincibles for […] Read More »
Disability Week of Action Is Here
As we have written about before, AAHD is partnering with Community Catalyst with an ACA enrollment outreach project (read about it more in this blog post). As part of that project, Community Catalyst has designated each week as a separate week of action. As a disability organization, we are especially thankful for the protections that […] Read More »
November 16, 2018
DISABILITY WEEK OF ACTION IS COMING AAHD is working with Community Catalyst and other partners in doing outreach for Open Enrollment Year 6 (OE6) and educating individuals about enrolling for health insurance for 2019. Next week is a Disability Week of Action and we will be highlighting the importance of getting people with disabilities enrolled […] Read More »
CBPP Report Shows Work Requirements Don’t Protect People with Disabilities
A new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) shows that Medicaid work requirements do not adequately protect people with disabilities. The report entitled “Medicaid Work Requirements Don’t Protect People with Disabilities” points out that 8,400 people in Arkansas lost coverage through Medicaid in September and October as a result of the […] Read More »
Kaiser Brief Examines Insurer Participation Rates
A new issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation looks at the participation rates for health insurers in the ACA marketplace for 2019. The brief entitled “Insurer Participation on ACA Marketplaces, 2014 – 2019” looks at the number of options that consumers have on the marketplace in 2019 and compares it to previous years. The results […] Read More »
